Lapitch the Little Shoemaker (TV series)

Lapitch the Little Shoemaker
Also known asHlapićeve nove zgode
GenreAnimated children's series
Created byIvana Brlic-Mazuranic (characters from original novel)
Written byPeter Hynes
Alastair Swinnerton
Tony Barnes
Jill Brett
John Grace
Directed byGeorge Roubicek (voice/English version)
Sean Barrett (voice/English version)
Voices ofTeresa Gallagher (English version)
Nigel Greaves (English version)
Liza Ross (English version)
Peter Marinker (English version)
Toni Barry (English version)
George Roubicek (English version)
Sean Barrett (English version)
Colin Bruce (English version)
Opening themeLapitch Song
Ending themeLapitch Song (instrumental)
sung by The Munich English Children's Choir
ComposersHermann Weindorf
Curtis Briggs
Country of originCroatia
Original languageCroatian
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26
Production
Running time30 min.
Production companyCroatia Film
Original release
Release1 September 2002 (2002-09-01) –
10 March 2003 (2003-03-10)
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Lapitch the Little Shoemaker (Croatian: Hlapićeve nove zgode, German: Lapitch der Kleine Schummacher) is an Croatian animated television series from Croatia Film and EM.TV/HaffaDiebold, with animation by Neptuno Films of Barcelona, Spain.[1] It is a spin-off from the 1997 film of the same name.

Returning from the film are the title character, Lapitch the mouse, and his girlfriend Lisa, along with their pets Brewster and Pico. For the series, a character called Melchior replaces Master Scowler's role.

The show was formerly aired on Tiny Pop in the United Kingdom.

  1. ^ Staff (1999-11-01). "Up next: What's developing in kids' production". Kidscreen. Brunico Communications Inc. Retrieved 2009-03-21. HaffeDiebold [sic] and Croatia Film let Lapitch loose